Author: Smart City Memphis

There’s an old saying in the newspaper business that no one is worse at communicating than the ones in the business.That seems to be the case with the internal controversy at The Commercial Appeal about selling news...

As The Commercial Appeal gets ready for its star turn as location for the movie, “Nothing But the Truth,” the film’s name has special irony in light of the recent internal controversy at our daily newspaper about the sponsorship...

Our friend and colleague surprised us today by posting today’s ongoing conversation about talent in Memphis on the influential blog of CEOs for Cities. She writes: We’ve invited our readers to check out the Smart...

In this age of instant gratification and short attention spans, we know that we test the patience of many of our readers with our posts. That said, this one is even longer than usual, but the conversation about the question of...

We’re as guilty as everyone else in taking for granted some special Memphis experiences that deserve more support and attention. This week ushers in one of them for its 10th anniversary – Indie Memphis Film Festival. Film...

There nothing more painful to us than the comments by young people who tell of their plans to relocate as soon as possible or by those who already have moved and urge others to join them. It’s painful to us for two reasons: 1)...

How do you cut through the status quo and imagine a different future?Our guests this week have successfully answered that question, one as mayor and one as civic entrepreneur. Stephen Goldsmith was the two-term mayor of...

This post was previously published as Memphis magazine’s City Journal column:It’s hard to find a major U.S. city these days that isn’t experimenting with creative policies and programs that aren’t breathtaking in their...

We’ve been inviting readers to join in our discussion about the meaning of the recent mayor’s election, and we received an email from longtime Democratic Party strategist David Cocke, and with his permission, we are posting it...

We’re always impressed by the quality of comments that we receive and the provocative opinions left by readers. Much of this normally takes place below the radar (down among the comments), but we thought the following comments...